Meet The Main Troupe!

Jo Anne Tacorda

Actor / Writer / Producer

Bio

Jo Anne Tacorda is an improviser, singer and actor comin’ at ya from Hamilton, Ontario! Jo Anne trains in Toronto at The Second City Training Center. She’s a proud member of Weird Town Comedy Troupe and Songbuster: An Improvised Musical. When she’s not onstage, you can find Jo Anne working in the charitable and public sector trying to do her part to make the world a more environmentally and socially-just place.

Brian Archdekin

Actor / Writer / Producer

Bio

Brian Archdekin has improvised his way through financial markets to finally land as one of the oldest members this troupe. Specializing in dad jokes and tough guy situations he has focused his thespian efforts to elevate his fellow actors into awkward mimes and animal waxing.

Matthew Ardill

Actor / Writer / Producer

Bio

Improviser, writer and comedy nerd Matt is a life long fan of things that make people laugh. One of his earliest memories was watching Laurel and Hardy films with his grandfather. That love of comedy followed Matt from listening to his father’s comedy vinyl to his early exposure to Saturday Night Live. When not working with the Weird Town crew he’s producing podcasts for Jason Deline and Tracy Hamilton.

Anyka Davis

Actor / Writer

Bio

Part-time improver, full-time fool, Anyka Davis took to comedy like a duck takes to water. Some say she came out of the womb laughing. Others… weren’t there.

When she’s not laughing/wheezing/cackling, she’s talking about books and diversity.

Justin Subryan

Stand Up Comic/Actor/Writer

Matt Cheung

Actor / Writer

Bio

Matt Cheung is an aspiring improvisor, comedian, actor, and film enthusiast. Matt is a member of the Weird Town Comedy Troupe and is a graduate of the Second City’s Improv Program with honours from his mother. In addition to improv, he does some background work whenever he can. He is intrigued in all things film and you can see him at TIFF this year. As your volunteer.

Anushka Lobo

Actor

Bio

Anushka first got into improv at Columbia University in New York, where she helped produce ‘Unweaving the Core’ an immersive art-installation-cum-creative-interpretation of Homer’s The Odyssey. While working in Toronto, she signed up for improv classes at Second City and soon fell with the Weird Town crowd. When she’s not attending improv or sketch, she’s arguing about pop culture, wandering museums, or making pretty PowerPoints at her day job.

Ryan Riddell

Actor

Bio

Ryan is your friendly neighbourhood IT guy, who grew up in suburbia watching SNL and Monty Python. Always interested in comedy, he took the plunge into improv, and stumbled right into Weird Town. When he’s away from Town, he can be found trying to get people to play moderately complex board games, or dealing with the curse of home ownership.

Liz Myers

Actor / Stand Up Comic

Bio

Liz signed up for an improv class alongside Emily Milling on a drunken whim. Realizing most of her improv leaned towards long monologues she decided to try her hand at stand up comedy. Liz is painfully extroverted and constantly on the move, like a shark. You’ll probably find her walking around the city, drinking beer with strangers, or ranting about how much she likes boats.